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Image of Vomerina micora Winterton & Ferguson 2012
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Vomerina micora Winterton & Ferguson 2012

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Body length: 6.5 mm. Head. Frons flat, rugose-striated medially, wider than ocellar tubercle at narrowest point, antennal base positioned low on frons; lower frons and face protruding only slightly with curved ridge above antennal base; frons glossy black, short setae sparsely distributed on upper frons, silver-grey pubescence on parafacial, oral cavity and along eye margin; ocellar tubercle flat, black; occiput concave, black, overlain with grey pubescence; few relatively strong short black postocular setae followed by weaker setae in several irregular rows; elongate black setae along lower postocular admixed with white setae along gena; gena black, overlain with silver-grey pubescence; palpus and labellum brown-black with sparse, dark setae; antenna two-thirds length of head; scape and pedicel black with short dark setae; scape about half length of flagellum, cylindrical, with grey pubescence; flagellum with red-brownish suffusion and grey pubescence. Thorax. Glossy black; scutum and scutellum overlain with grey-black pubescence admixed with relatively short, dark setae; scutum with pair of narrow dorsocentral stripes of sparse pale-grey pubescence bordering a darker medial stripe; scutal macrosetae black; pleuron and sternum glossy black; broad stripe of silver pubescence along pleuron from proepisternum to hind coxa; fore and middle coxae dark brown, hind coxa black; posterior surface of hind coxa with silver pubescence; elongate pale setae on proepisternum and coxae, black setae on katatergite; fore and middle femora dark brown, hind femur black; elongate yellowish-grey velutum patches to ventral surface of hind and apical half of fore femora; pale setae of various lengths on all femora; tibiae black to dark brown; mid and hind basitarsi dark yellow basally; wing dark infuscate, venation and stigma dark grey; haltere matte brown; scutal chaetotaxy (pairs): notopleural, 4; supra alar, 1; post alar, 1; dorsocentral, 4; scutellar, 1. Abdomen. Glossy black with short dark setae distributed evenly; erect whitish setae laterally on segments 1 and 2; segments 7 and 8 orange in colour with sparse, erect black setae. Female genitalia. Three spermathecae and a relatively small, simple spermathecal sac.
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Shaun L. Winterton, David J. Ferguson
bibliographic citation
Winterton S, Ferguson D (2012) New species of Vomerina Winterton (Diptera, Therevidae, Agapophytinae) from Australia ZooKeys 218: 65–75
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Shaun L. Winterton
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David J. Ferguson
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